L6-SG Build - Hot off the workbench!

[Tele-Bob]

This is a little project guitar I recently completed.

For years, I've wanted the rockin' roar of a thin mahogany Gibson SG but I just can't deal with the "neck-heavy" balance problems.

One day I was looking at a Gibson L6-S and noticed it's very thin like the SG and a lightbulb glowed inside my head!

Why not make an L6-S out of mahogany and while I'm at it, make a 22 fret, 25 1/2" scale neck?!

The guitar balances perfectly on a strap!

The rest is history!

The pickups are Seymour Duncan Custom V at the bridge, and a '59 at the neck.

When I routed the body, I moved the bridge pickup cavity forward 1/4" to get a meatier lead tone.

I got the plain chrome covers from Allparts and I'd be lying if I said they had any adverse effect on the tone.

If you close your eyes and open your ears, it's Angus Young all the way baby!

 

[ksmith63]

Re: L6-SG Build - Hot off the workbench!

Very cool. That is a nice slab of mahogany!

 

[muttznmongrelz]

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SWEET!!! Very nicely done.

Same basic body shape (very comfy IMHO) and woods as my Lola!

 

[Tele-Bob]

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Thanks guys, but hey, muttz, are those Seymour Duncan pickups in that there Lola, el oh el eh Lola?

 

[muttznmongrelz]

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The more I look at L6/SG guitar, the more "vintage vibe" it oozes. With those pickups, that bridge and the finish...it looks like it rolled right out the Gibson Loading Dock doors!

Actually those were a couple of Epiphone "Ultra Hot" Pickups. Sounded great w/the mahogany. I'm currently debating whether to put in an EMG Set that I have laying around or hold out and try a DiMarzio Air Norton/Tone Zone Set.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

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KICK ASS!!! I always wanted an LS6 that was well made and not solid maple...well done!

 

[Empty Pockets]

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looks way better than that singlecut SG i saw photoshopped on here a few years back.

 

[Will S-T]

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Great work mate!

I know where you can get NOS 6 postion switches from

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=260424271959

Cheers, Will

 

[Wattage]

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I WANT THAT GUITAR!!!!!

Awesome

 

[LtKojak]

Re: L6-SG Build - Hot off the workbench!

This is a little project guitar I recently completed.

For years, I've wanted the rockin' roar of a thin mahogany Gibson SG but I just can't deal with the "neck-heavy" balance problems.

One day I was looking at a Gibson L6-S and noticed it's very thin like the SG and a lightbulb glowed inside my head!

Why not make an L6-S out of mahogany and while I'm at it, make a 22 fret, 25 1/2" scale neck?!

The guitar balances perfectly on a strap!

The rest is history!

The pickups are Seymour Duncan Custom V at the bridge, and a '59 at the neck.

When I routed the body, I moved the bridge pickup cavity forward 1/4" to get a meatier lead tone.

I got the plain chrome covers from Allparts and I'd be lying if I said they had any adverse effect on the tone.

If you close your eyes and open your ears, it's Angus Young all the way baby!

Well... first those magnificent Fender Wide Range copies and now this?

Tele-Bob... what can I say...? I've became an actual fan of yours!

I've always wanted a L6S until I had one in my hands... I hated the way it felt from the get go. Anyway, it seems that you read my mind at that time (it was 1976, BTW) and you remembered!

You should make a twin of that one but load it with three P-90s and that would be the purr-fect guitar!

Keep up the good work!

 

[Sludgenutz]

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Tele-Bob, I LOVE IT!!!

It is perfect in every way. I crave a 25-1/2" scale with mahogany and set neck. The SG thin mahogany body, with a larger silhouette is largely underrated, but it is perfect for balance.

Thinner Gibsons with large asses equal the balance I like, without the extra weight. Stealing no thunder, the 335-S on the left turned me on to the balance you are talking about:

I love the harmonica bridge on your guitar!

 

[Tele-Bob]

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Wow! Thanks! I'm just a guy that loves a good project!

Here's a couple more I whipped up over the past couple years.

These took about 8 months to build.

The maple one uses Seymour Duncan Hot Soap Bars in Ric Toaster covers.

They're both scratch built and both feature "adult size" necks and 25 1/2" scales.

 

[MrSticky]

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Very nice work, congrats!